drm_property_create_enum(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 drm_property_create_enum(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to drm_property_create_enum, a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a little icon. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

drm_property_create_enum — create a new enumeration property type ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct drm_property * drm_property_create_enum (struct drm_device *dev ,
u32 flags , const char *name , const struct drm_prop_enum_list *props ,
int num_values );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the drm device, aka the main character 🫶
  • flags — flags specifying the property type, like the little outfit the property wears 💅
  • name — name of the property, so everyone knows who she is 👑
  • props — enumeration lists with property values, the whole menu fr fr
  • num_values — number of pre-defined values, i.e. how many options are on that menu 🍓

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this creates a new generic drm property, right? and then it can be attached to a drm object with drm_object_attach_property. the returned property object must be freed with drm_property_destroy, which — plot twist that's actually convenient — is done automatically when calling drm_mode_config_cleanup. no manual cleanup arc needed, we love that for us ✨

important bestie: userspace is only allowed to set one of the predefined values for enumeration properties. no inventing your own little values, that's not the vibe 💀

💖 RETURN 💖

A pointer to the newly created property on success, NULL on failure. so like, check it, don't just assume she showed up 🥲

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

and that's the page!! 🧚 mwah 💜 this one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, it's dated October 2026, and it's literally called drm_property_create_enum(9) — go off, queen 👑🌈

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